Mobile education

Not an easy topic for the almost 50 children from Letschin elementary school and the Polish partner community of Pszczew to tackle at this year's German-Polish exchange at Trebnitz Castle.

A late summer day in the border region. The summer vacation has almost lost its initial appeal, but the new school year is still a long way off. It’s hot, but after a brief downpour, the weather isn’t unpleasant in this place called Oderaue. Not far from Bienenwerder and Neurüdnitz, and just a few minutes by bike from the famous Zollbrücke, eight elementary school kids of various ages on summer break „arm“ themselves with recording devices and set out to explore this steel behemoth known as the Europabrücke. They make the bridge “sing” and describe what

Mathematician, sportsman or writer? In various workshops, the children at Fontane Primary School Bad Freienwalde investigated who actually gave their school its name. Three of these workshops took place in cooperation with the Oderbruch Museum. Writing and painting workshop In the writing and painting workshop, the children slipped into Fontane's role and wrote and illustrated their own short stories. The result was nine fictional stories about the lives of young people today and in the past.